Extra and Intraoral Assessments

We have the extra and intraoral assessment videos finally completed for you. They have been on our to-do list for a long time. The interesting thing is when I was compiling the information that should be in them I noticed that there is no one set way to do them. So this is what we came up with, but we hope that you take it back to your team and implement what works best for your practice or educational setting.

The videos shows palpation and, because it is a video, you can use your powers of observation to see the tissues. However in a live setting, you also have to use your sense of hearing (auscultation) and smelling (olfaction).

Auscultation examples are the noises of the TMJ, hoarseness, patient breathing, etc.

Intra oral assessment

Olfaction examples are: smelling drugs, alcohol, smoke, vape, halitosis, periodontitis, and ketosis in diabetes. So reminder that you are utilizing ALL of your senses to find abnormal conditions.